The Gilchrist Law Firm, P.a.

The Gilchrist Law Firm, P.A., an SBA-certified 8(a) and service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, operates as a prime contractor delivering title services, real estate appraisals, legal support, and guardianship services to civilian federal agencies. A minority-owned, veteran-owned for-profit Subchapter S corporation, the firm competes predominantly under small-business set-asides — Total Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and 8(a) designations account for the majority of its recent awards — though a growing share of work flows through full-and-open delivery orders against Multiple Award Schedule and agency blanket purchase agreements.

The firm's capability footprint centers on discrete, task-order real estate and legal services anchored to federal land acquisition, property management, and conservation easement programs. Title search and preliminary title commitment work dominates the award volume: 127 awards under Title Abstract and Settlement Offices NAICS 541191, with another 58 awards under Offices of Lawyers NAICS 541110, and 14 under Offices of Real Estate Appraisers NAICS 531320. Recent representative work includes a $18,750 appraisal for a Native Allotment property in Kotzebue, Alaska for the Office of Policy Management and Budget (awarded June 2026); a $447,979 delivery order for legal guardianship services through Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 extending through May 2031; a $104,721 8(a) sole source award from the Administration for Children and Families for ALTA survey and title services at a federal property in Greensboro, North Carolina; a $5.8 million labor-hours delivery order from USDA's Office of the General Counsel for litigation support and professional legal services extending through September 2028; and a $1.89 million 8(a) sole source contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for insurance review services in the Operating Subsidy Program. The firm also executes smaller high-velocity calls under regional blanket purchase agreements with the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Customer concentration tilts heavily to civilian natural resources and real estate work. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 65 percent of awards: the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Southeast Region leads with 76 awards ($1.8 million combined potential value), followed by NRCS Northeast Region (21 awards, $961 thousand), the Army Corps of Engineers (21 awards, $51.6 million), Corps Engineering District New England (11 awards, $355 thousand), and USDA Rural Housing Service National Financial and Accounting Operations Center (6 awards, $8.6 million). The top-five ranking by potential value diverges markedly — the Army Corps of Engineers dominates dollars ($51.6 million across 21 awards), followed by USDA Rural Housing Service Washington Office Procurement Management Division ($14 million across 2 awards), Rural Housing Service National Financial and Accounting Operations Center ($8.6 million across 6 awards), USDA Office of the General Counsel ($7.3 million across 2 awards), and Rural Housing Service Chief Financial Office ($7 million across 4 awards). NRCS drives volume through numerous small task orders (median around $6,000–$25,000 per call), while Rural Housing Service and the Corps anchor larger indefinite delivery vehicles and single awards in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

The firm holds multiple strategic parent vehicles. A $100 million multiple-award blanket purchase agreement with the Small Business Administration for legal support services (set-aside for total small business, ultimate completion March 2025) anchors the firm's general legal-services capability; 30 task orders have drawn approximately $199 thousand against this vehicle. A $475,000 single-award BPA with the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska for professional real estate appraisal services (awarded September 2025, extending through September 2030) supports Defense Department valuation requirements; a representative $13,000 call was issued January 5, 2026, for appraisal services at Eielson Air Force Base. A $220,000 single-award BPA with USDA NRCS Northeast Region for title and closing services in New Hampshire conservation easement acquisitions (awarded August 2024) and a $150,000 single-award BPA with NRCS Northeast Region for title search and closing in Delaware (awarded July 2024) represent smaller regional vehicles. The firm also holds a $78,300 service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside indefinite delivery contract with the Corps of Engineers for real estate title services running through October 2026, and a court-reporting BPA with Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 under Multiple Award Schedule. Against the MAS itself, the firm has executed 17 task orders valued at $109.7 million combined potential value, including the $5.8 million USDA GC award and the $747,848 Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service delivery order for military spouse employment research and policy advisement (completed November 2022).

Award activity has grown year over year — 13 awards in 2022 to 24 in 2025 — with recent acceleration driven by multiple smaller NRCS and Corps task orders. Eight awards (combined potential value $4.8 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure primarily in the NRCS Southeast Region title and closing services space and smaller Corps delivery orders. The combined potential value across all 207 prime awards totals $217.2 million, though obligated dollars reach only $14.2 million (7 percent obligation rate), reflecting the high prevalence of indefinite-delivery and blanket-purchase-agreement structures with unexercised ceilings.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above $150,000 totaled $335 thousand in FY2023 and $3.1 million in FY2024, representing 2.5 FTEs in FY2024. This subset of the firm's total federal activity excludes goods, micro-purchases, and sub-million task orders below the SCI reporting threshold. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the firm delivered approximately 8 percent of hours through named subcontractors (two identified subs across the dataset). Government-paid hourly rates on invoiced work ranged from a 10th percentile of $66.51/hr (administrative support) to a 90th percentile of $365.05/hr (senior professional roles), with a median of $276.08/hr. The firm's GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 14 active categories, from administrative assistant and paralegal roles at $83.84–$85.50/hr through senior counsel and partner positions at $406.03–$493.15/hr, with no security-cleared roles offered. The rate structure reflects a mix of junior paralegal and administrative support work and premium-priced legal advisory and guardianship services to federal agencies. The firm operates predominantly as a prime contractor — 100 percent of awards in the source are prime awards — and builds its own delivery teams for legal and title support work rather than relying on significant subcontractor engagement.

The Gilchrist Law Firm, P.A. is a private counsel and program management firm that specializes in providing professional legal support services. The Firm uses the latest secure intellectual technology, along with proven quality control and assurance methods, to streamline processes and procedures. As a prime contractor, the Firm is currently supporting federal contracts at the national, regional and state level. Our experienced professionals that are currently fulfilling federal requirements with five different agencies, across 28 states and the District of Columbia.

The Firm is an award-winning Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), GSA Schedule and 8(a) certified. The Firm recently won the 2020 South Florida Small Business Administration "Best Veteran-Owned Business" of the year award. We are committed to providing exceptional services to our clients that consistently exceeds requirements and expectations.